Sévère Dumoulin

Sévère Dumoulin
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Trois-Rivières
In office 1868–1869
Preceded by	Louis-Charles Boucher de Niverville
Succeeded by	Charles-Borromée Genest
In office 1881–1884
Preceded by	Arthur Turcotte
Succeeded by	Arthur Turcotte
Personal details
Born	February 4, 1829 Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada
Died	May 17, 1910 (aged 81) Trois-Rivières, Quebec
Political party	Conservative

Sévère Dumoulin (February 4, 1829 – May 17, 1910) was a politician from Quebec, Canada.^[1]

Background

He was born on February 4, 1829 in Trois-Rivières, Mauricie. He was a lawyer. He was married to Frances Sophia Macaulay in 1862 and to Elizabeth Broster in 1877.

Mayor of Trois-Rivières

Dumoulin served as a Council member from 1857 to 1861 and from 1864 to 1865 and as Mayor of Trois-Rivières from 1865 to 1869 and from 1879 to 1885.

Provincial Politics

He ran as a Conservative candidate in the district of Trois-Rivières in 1867 and lost, but won a by-election in the same district in 1868. He resigned in 1869 to accept an appointment as a sheriff.

Dumoulin ran again in 1881 as a Conservative candidate in the same district and won. However the election was cancelled and he lost the subsequent by-election.

Death

He died on May 17, 1910.

Footnotes

1. "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.

External links

• "Sévère Dumoulin". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.